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BENGT M. W. HANSON, OF HARTFORD CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORTO PRATT & WHITNEX .OOMRANY, OF .HARTFORD, "CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FIJUID-iPRESSU'RE INDEXING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909'.

termittingly various parts of machinery,

and is designed more especially for those machines in which stock is operated on by a tool, although it may be utilized generally with many kinds of apparatus which' indexing-mechanism is required, and is not limited in scope-to any specific art.

Primarily the object of the invention is the provision of mechanism, whereby a shaft will be indexed to present an article held thereby in different relations either to a tool or to stock operated on by the tools of a turret or other device.

In the illustrations the particular type 0 the apparatus to which the invention is applied is styled an indexingmachine, or a machine which presents certain-parts as re .quired by the character of the operations,

for which said apparatus is designed.

In a construction like that hereinafterdescribed a work-holding arbor -may be presented to a cutter (not-shown) both lineally and with such indexing-movement as may be desired, and as this is being done the work-indexing mechanism is moved into position to be again operated when one phase of the work is completed, and the work is again presented to the tool in readiness for the next action of said .tool, or a turret or other device may be carried by the arbor, and may be indexed in the manner required by the operations necessary tobe ac complished.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an end view of part of a machine .partiah side view.

provided with the invention. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a machine embodying the vinvention. Fig. 4 represents a view 111 sec- 't1on of portions of the mventlon showing diagrammatically the relation of the severa motive-fluid passages, and illu strating their accurateconnection with the ports, but not their location. This figure indicates the the s aft '17 held in position position of the mechanism when the detent is withdrawn from the toothed indexing wheel and theoscillat'ory piston is at its lowest point in readiness to make its operative stroke. Fig. '5 is a view similar to Fig. 4. showing the detent in engagement with the toothed-wheel and the wing piston in readiness to commence its operative stroke.

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the position of the wing-piston when it "has finished its operative stroke, and is against a stationary stop or abutment projecting inwardly from the wall of thechamber of the casingin which it operates; and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the indexing-head.

Like numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a bed upon which is fitted to slide by appropriate mechanism a stock or frame 2, in which is mounted the mechanism hereinafter described. Journaled in bearings 3 and 4; of the stock 2 is a spindle 5 having a bore 6 and a head 7 Between the bearings 3 and Land splined to the tubular spindle 5 is a worm-wheel 8, held to said spindle by a nut 9, and engaging a worm 10 on a shaft 11 journaled in the stock. -Head 7 of the spindle is made with-two concentric beads,

one 12 at the edge, and the other 13 near the bore 6 of said spindle the latter having a beveled surface 14, and there being around the bore 6 a recess 15 in said head from which passages 16 lead to the periphery of. said head. Fitting within the bore 6 is a tubular shaft 17 for holding the device to be indexed, said shaft having a collar 18 at one and bearing against thev extremity of spinle 5. v Y

Beyond the head '7 and loosely mounted withrelatlonto the projecting end of shaft '17 is a circular casing 19, havin'ga bearing 20 at the top. Thiscasing 19 has a rear sidelate121through a central hole of which asses and a concentric flange 100 22 with a rabiiet 23 which fits upon a'similar [surface ofgthe head 7, and to which head said flange is bolted. 'At its other side, the case 19 is closed by a face-plate 24,wh1ch IS 25, the heads of 105 by bolts which are received in counterslnks of the plate and easing. Between'the head 7 and the a late 21 --a chamber 26 is formed, 1m

whip is placed a clamp-disk 27 fitted to and splined for slight sliding movement upon 1 10 the shaft 17 said disk having an inner cpn- 34, there being fastened to the side-plate 21 of the casing 19 another stop or abutment 35, said stops being of a depth to equal the width of the chamber. the casin In the bearing 20 of the casing 19 is formed a transverse chamber 36 above the annulus 32, and in this chamber is journaled a worm 37 on a'shaft 37 operated by a handle 38 and engaging the wormear '33 of the annulus 32, so as to adjust t e stop .34 at any desired distance from the per-- manent stop to thereby vary the throw of a detent carrier as will hereinafter appear.

In the face-plate 24 is an enlarged axial bore 38, and in this bore is fitted a hub 39 which rests at itsiend against the'inner face of the side-plate 2-1 of thec'asing 19, and has a shoulder 41, which abuts against said'face- 1 plate 24. Sleeved upon the hub 39, and

eld thereto by a key 42, is a hub 43 of a wing-piston 44, which is of the width of the annulus 32 and of the space between the end 21 of the case 19 and said face-plate 24.

. On each face of this wing-piston 44 are formed guide-grooves for .the motive-fluid, and rigid with and extending radially from the hub 39 is a carrier shown as an arm 45 having an outward extension 46 in which is formed a chamber 47. In this chamber 47 is located a piston-valve 48;'having collars 49 and 50 which snugly fit the chamber, and a reduced barrel 51 between the collars 49 and 50. At the top this.piston-valve 48 is provided with a tooth or detent 52, and in the piston-valve chamber is formed a port 53 opening into said chamber at the outer side of the collar 50, with two ports 54 and 55, one slightly below the other, adjacent to its u per end, and .Withtwodisalined I interme iate ports 56 and 57 Secured to the end of shaft 17 adjacent to the hub 39 is a gear-wheel 60, connected by an intermediatedouble-idler pinion 61 loose on a stub-shaft 61 with a gear 62, which is secured by pins 62 or otherwise, to a toothed wheel 63, and this toothed-wheel is sleeved loosely on, but is not in engagement with, the shaft 17 beyond the gear-wheel 60, the teeth 63 of the toothed-wheel 63 being in line with the tooth' or detent 52 of the piston-valve 48. I

with each other.

ment 35 is a cham er'65 having an opening One I 66 leading into the space in the casmg be- .v tween the two stops 34 and 35 to the left of the Wingiston 44. At the outer end of this cham er is a port 67, and at its sides are the two opposing ports 68 and 69 out of line In this chamber is located a piston valve 70 having one end 71 fitted in i the opening 66, the opposite end 72 forming a collar and closing at certain times the port 67. Another collar 73 is formed on the valve and it is, provided with a reduced stem 74 between the collars .both ports 68, 69 opening into said collars 72 and 73, when the valve is-in the position illustrated in Figs. 4, 5. and 6.

In the casing 19 is a port 75 communicating with the interior of the chamber 26 on the side of the clamp-disk 27 away from the plungers 31 of the head 7,this disk bein whic my improvement may be employed without departure from the invention.

Convenient to the mechanism thus far described, and'located in the stock 2 is controlling. valve-mechanism*designated in ageneral way' by 76. A chamber 77 having an end opening 78 is formed in said stock,

and in t is chamber is a piston-valve 79 adapted to be shifted longitudinally by any suitable device either automatically or by hand. In the end-opening 78 of the chamber 77 is a plug 80 having a ort 81, and on the piston-valve 79 are three co lars 82, 83 and 84, a reduced portion 85 between the collars 82 and 83, and a reduced portion 86 between the chamber 65 between collars 83 and 84. Ports 87 and 88 formed in the stock open into one side of the chamber 77, and ports 89, 90 and 91 open into the opposite side of said chamber, all of the ports being located and arranged with relation to the piston-valve 79 and its collars 82, 83'and 84, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings. i

As before stated Figs. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate diagrammatically the arrangement and location of the parts of the invention, and in these figures the ports already detailed are shown and indicated accurately, but the conduits which connect the several ports areillustrated in a manner to indicate more .clearly the operation of the invention, and

will be dis osed in the machine as circumstances an experience of those skilled in the art may dictate.

In other words, in thesefigures the casing 19 and contained parts 2O tive-fluid now passes through the top of the tice to coeperate with the ports and valvemechanism in pro er relation and timing in the-o eration of t e machine.

When the parts are disposed as indicated in the diagrammatic view Fig. 4, the piston valve 79 has been moved to the right, and the motive-fluid enters port 87 passes between collars 82 and 83, out through port 91, through a conduit 91 to the port 55, and through this port 55 into the cylinder 47 above the collar 49,'thus pushing the piston=valve 48 downward, moving the detent 52 away from the toothed wheel 63, and opening the ort 57, the collar 50 being moved below t sport and over theport 53. By this withdrawal of the detent 52 from the toothed-wheel 63, connection of the wingpiston 44, its hub 43, the hub 39, and its arm 45, with the shaft 17 through the gearing at the end of said shaft is disestablished. Mo-

cylinder 47, out of the ort 54, through a conduit 54 to the face 0 the-wing-piston 44 towards the permanent stop or abutment 35, thus actuating the wing-piston 44 and causing it and its hub 43 to mve toward the adjustable stop or abutment .34 carrying with it the hub 39, arm 45, having outward extension-46 and detent 52. Fluid to the right of wing piston 44 is now forced out through a conduit 59 connected with the port 57 of the cylinder 47, and passes into said 05 linder between the collars 49 and 50, and from thence through the port 56 to the atmosphere. A portion of the motive-fluid passing through the port 87 into the piston-valve cham er 77 passes through the port 90, through a conduit 90, and through a port 68 into a cylinder 65 between the collars 72 and 73 of the piston-valve thereof, the pressure within the wing-piston chamber against the 'end 71 of the valve-piston 70 having forced the piston outward, and from thence throu h the port 69, a conduit 69 and port 75 in t e case 19 into the chamber 26 and acts against the clamp 27 forcingthe beveled surface 30 thereof upon the beveled surface 14 of head 7, thus clutching the shafts 5 and 17 to-' gether. 'When the wing-piston 44 has made its traverse toward the stop 34 of the adjustable annulus 32 and has reached the ex tremity of its throw the piston-valve79'is moved,'s nd assumes the position. shown in- .Figs. 5 and 6 thusclosin the port 81in the end of chamber 77 and isposing the valve indifferent relation 'to ,the other ports. When the valve. is in the position shown in said figures motive fluid passes through the port 87 to the conduits 89, 89. to the chain-j. ber 47 below the piston-valve 48, thus'raising said valve andcausingitsdetent 52 to en'- 'gag'e the to thed-wheel 63. Fluid ..now'

port 57,-and through a conduit 59 to the right hand side of the Wing-piston 44 filling the space betweensaid wing-piston and the stop 34 ofadjustable annulus 32. Motivefluid also passes from the port 89 through a branch conduit 56 to the port 67 of the, chamber65, thus forcing the piston-valve 7 O inward closing the passages through the chamber between the ports 68 and 69, and shutting off the pressure delivered by conduit 69, through the port into the chamber 26, allowing the spring-actuated plungers 31 to force the clamp 27 away from the beveled surface 14 of the head 7 of spindle 5, thus releasing the shaft 17* from said s indle 5, so that said shaft maybe rotated i ly therein by the gearing heretofore described,'thus presenting the gear-blank or other article held by shaft 17 in a new pos1 .tion with relation to the action of the cutter.

When the pressure causes the wing-piston 44 to move away from, the adjustable stop ,34

and towards the permanent stop 35, the.

fluid to the left of the wing-piston is exhausted and then permits the pressure at the port I 67 to force inward the valve 70, as has been stated. As the wing-piston 44 is turned towards the permanent stop 35 air in front of, and displaced by, the wing-piston is exhausted through the conduit 54 which admitted it, port 54, the chamber 47 above the collar I 50 of piston 48, and port 56, to the atmosphere. As the piston 44 travels toward the abutment 35 the detent 52 of piston-valve 51 being in engagement with the index-wheel 63 turns said wheel and its attached gear 62,

- and through the gearing 61 actuates the gear 60 keyed to the shaft 17, and thus (the spindle being released) indexes the shaft and brings another portion of the gear or other article held thereby into position for opera tion.

v Designatedby 92 is a rack, which is fixed to the bed 1, and in mesh with said rack, is a pinion 93 carried by a shaft 94, journaled in the sliding head or stock 2. On the end of i said shaft 94 is a gear 95 in mesh with another gear 96 carried by a shaft 97, and rigid with said shaft 97 is a pinion 98 in engagement witha change-gear 99, carried by a swingingarm 100, said change-gear engaging agear 101 on'the shaft 11 of the gear 10. From what has been stated it will be seen that whe'n thehead or stock 2 is reciprocated the gearing described ,will rotate the spindle 5 and shaft-.17 I (thenclutched together) and will thus enablez'a spiral tooth to be formed. If a spur-tooth on' the blank; is required the gearing described may be disconnected by removing the change gear' 99, when of courseno -rotary movement will be imparted to the shaft 11. This gearing ishut one ofvarious mechanisms which may be employed for ac-'- cdmplishing the result described, and the in ventlon is not limited thereto.

shaft or arbor 17 are united by the clutchingdevices a firm and un 'elding support is rovided which will rigid y present the artic e to the action of'a tool, or will steadily sustain a tool-carrying device while an 1mplement thereof is at work upon the stock. I

In practice most, if not all, of the o erations carried out by the mechanism W of course, be automatically controlled, but hand-mechanism for actuating the valve 79, and the gearing 8, 10 may be employed, and the adiustment of annulus 32 ispreferably manua ly-controlled by means of the lever or crank 38.

Changes may be made in many details of the mechanism, and the invention is not limited to the precise devices shown and described, nor to their arrangement horizontally, vertically, or otherwise.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim is 1'. The combination with a shaft, and with a casing surrounding the same, of an annulus adjustable within the casing; a stop carried by the annulus; a piston movable within the casing; means for admitting motive-fluid to the casing to actuate the p1st0n;'an index- .in -Wheel loose on the shaft; a piston having.

a etent for engaging said indexing-wheel; a

carrier for said piston, said carrier being rig- L-"idly connected with the piston in the casing;

indexing-wheel; and gearing controlle means for admitting motive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, the piston or engagin tlhe said indexing-wheel for indexing the shaft. y

2. The combinatiom with a tubular spindle, of a shaft within said spindle; a gear secured to said: shaft; a toothed-wheel loose 40 upon the shaft; mechanism for connecting supporting sai said toothed-wheel with the gear upon the shaft; a piston-valve having a detent adapt-v ed to enga e the toothed-wheel; a carrier rigid with 't e iston within the casing for piston-valve; a cylinder in the carrier; and means for admitting motivefluid to, and exhausting it from, said cylinder.

3. The combination, with a tubular spin dle, of a casing rigid therewith, a shaft Within the spindle; means for clutching the spindle and casing to said shaft; a rotary piston within the casing; means for supplying morotary tive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, said casing; an arm having a hub to which said 'pistonis secured; and means actuated y said arm for indexing the, shaft.

4. 'lhe combination, with a tubular spindle, and with a casing rigid therewith, of a shaft mounted for rotation within the spindle; means for clutching the spindle and shaft; means for supplying motive-fluid to the casing; an arm having a hubloose on the shaft; a wing-piston secured to said arm; and located between the walls of the casing;

a detent carried by the-arm; and means actuated by said detent for indexing the shaft.

.casing and cooperating with said annulus to govern the throw of said iston.

6. The combination, w1th a tubular spindle, of a shaft rotatable within said spindle; a casing rigid with the spindle; means for clutchin the-spindle and shaft; an annulus adjustab e within the casing; a stop carried by said annulus; a fixed stop in the casing; a plston within the casing; means for moving said piston in an arcuate path; and means actuated by the piston in the casingfor indexing the shaft.

7. .The combination, with a tubular s indle, of a casing rigid with said s indle, a s aft rotatable within thespindle; a ed stop carried by the casing; an annulus within the casing; means ofor adjusting said annulus; a sto carried by the annulus; a wing-piston wit 'n the casing, and movable between said stops; a toothed-wheel loose on the shaft a detent actuated by the piston within the casing for rotating said toothed-wheel; and gearing for connecting the toothed-wheel with the shaft. 4 p

8. The combination, with a tubular spin"- dle, and with a shaft rotatable within said spindle, of a casing rigid with the shaft; an

annulus within the casing; gearing for adjusting the annulus; a stop carried by the annulus; means actuated b fluid-pressure for clutchin the spindle an, shaft; a stop carried by t e casing; a valve in said stop; a con-. duit for connecting the valve in-the stop with the clutch; means for su plying motivefiuid to, and exhausting itmm, the valvechamber; a piston within the casing; means for supplyingmotive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, the casing; and means actuate by said piston for indexing the shaft.

9. The combination, w1th a tubular spindle, and with a shaft j ournaled for rotation therein, of a casing rigid with the spindle; means for clutching the shaft and spindle;

fluid-pressure means for operating the clutch;

a piston within the casing; means for supplying motive-fluid to, and exhausting it from said casing; indexing-mechanism for the shaft; and means actuated by the piston within the casing foroperating said lndexing-mechanism.

. 10. The combination, with a tubular spindle, and with a casing rigid therewith, of ashaft within the s indle; means for clutching the s indle and s raft, and for releasing the clutc -connection; a geared annulus within the casing; a gear for actuating said annulus;

a'stop carried by the annulus; a stop rigid with the casing; a istohin the"clasing,'said piston being mova 1e between the. stops; means for su plying motive-fluid to, and ex- 5 hausti-ng it roin, the casing; and shaft-ind'exing-me'chanism operated by said mechanism within the caslng.

11. The combination, with a tubular spindle, and with a shaft mounted for rotation therein, said spindle having a head, of a ces ing ri id with said head; a friction-clutch slidab e u on the shaft,jand adapted to connect said ead with said shaft means actuwithin the same, of a clutch slidable upon the shaft, and adapted t o connect the spindle thereto; a casing carried by the spindle; a pair of stopswithin the casing; means for adusting one of said stops with relation to the other step; a piston within the casing; an

imh'av in'g alhub locatedwi'tbin the casing, and to which hat the piston is secure-a; means for supplying motive-fluid to the eas- 3-5 ing, and for exhausting it therefrom; a do f tent carried by the arms; means for advancmg and withdrawing said detent; a wheel with which said detent is adapted to engage;

ing t e shaft.

13. The combinatien, with a tubula gpi dle, having a head provided with a clutchsurface, of a shaft located Within the spindle; p a clutch movable on said shaft, and connectthe spindle; a pair of stops insai'd casing; I means for adjusting one of said stops with relation to the other stop; a piston within the gassing; indexing mechanism for said shaft;

the casing for actuating the indexmg-r'nech a'nism. I I 14. The combination, with a tubular spin- 7 die, havin a head providedwith a frictionclutch su ace, of a shaft withinsaid spindle; a friction-clutch element slida'ble upon, and

retatable with said shaft; spring-actuated pluiigers for releasing the clutch-connection 'etween the spindle and shaft; means. for supplying motive fluid to. oneclutch-elemerit, to force said clutch element 11 "on the other clutch-element; stops withint "s cas iiig ;-1i1eans for adjusting ens stop with fela-P tioh'to the other ste a hub retatable apen es the shaft; 5 pitn wean the easing, aaa

and caring actuated by'said wheel for index- I ed to rotate therewith; a easingvrigid with and means controlled by said piston within rigid with saidhub; means for supplying casing between the 'stops t'hereof; a su port chamber of said support; means for supplying motive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, said 'ehamber; a piston within the chamber, said piston carrying the detent; a gear-wheel gag'ed by the'det'ent of the piston; and means afit i ated by said gear-wheel for indexing the s a t.

dle, and with a shaft revoluble therein, of

means forclutching and unclutching said spindle and shaft; a casing rigid with the spindle; an annulus within the casing; a Wheel for adjustin said annulus; a sto carried by the ail-nu us; a stop carried ythe casing; a valve in said stop carried by the her 0 said valve and one of" the clutch-'ele ments; an oscillatory piston within the casing; means for supplying motive-fiuid to, and exhausting it rom, the casing; and

't'on for indexin .the shaft. -v

16; The com ina't-ion, with a tubular spinmeans for clutching and estim ting said spindle and shaft; a easifig ii'g*id with the spindle; an "annulus within t e casing; a g-ear for adjusting saidannulu's; a stoplearried by the annulus; a stop "carried by tfluid-connections twee-n the chamber of means for supplyingmotive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, the casing mechanism at;

element of said mechanism; and a valve for controlling the supplyof the motive fluid to, and its exhaust, froms'aid fluid connections;

l7: The combination, with a rotary caspistoii within the casing; stops withinthe and exhausting it from, the casing; an arm having a detentxjarried'by the arm and gearing acshaft. 7 p

8, The combination; with a A ,ing, of a shaft surrounded by said casing; means for clutching the easing and sha t; an oscillatory piston within the casing; stops within'the casin and which serve; to limit s ppiyin'g metas atic as, and exhaustin it mechanism actuated by the oscillatory pise s-1 s.; a

valvein said stop) carried by the casing;

said valve and one of the clutch-elements;

an oscillatory piston within the casing;

tuated by the oscillatory piston for' indexing th shaft; fluid-connections for actuating an tuated by the detent for actuating, said p 1 "1 20 rotarycas'- the of tra'vs vof said piston; means for motive-fluid to, 'and exhaustingitfrom, the I rigid withjthe hub; 'a detent'iiiou'nte in a loose upon the shaft, and adapted to be en'- 1-5. The combination, with a tubular spincasin ;fluid-connections between the chamdie, and with a shaft 'revoluble therein, of

i'ng-fof a shaft surrounded by said casing; a 5

asing; means fois iyit motive fluid a I l a" hub surrounding the shaft, to which hub the oscillatorypist'on is connected;

trolled by the pistes fer actuatingsaidca:

tent in'an arcu'ate'pathf a gear rigid with said shaft; and back-gearing actuated by said loose gear for 0 crating the gear rigid with the shaft, and t us indexing said shaft.

19. The combination, with a rotary casing, of a shaft around which said casing may 0 crate; means for clutching the casing and s aft together; a device for releasing the same; a piston oscillatory within the casing;

stops one of which is adjustable within the casing, and servingto limit the stroke of the piston; means for supplying motive-fluid to, and exhausting it from, the casing; an arm having a hub to which the oscillatory piston is rigidly secured; a detent carried by said arm; and shaft-indexing mechanism actuated by the detent. K

20. The combination, with a casing, of a rotary spindle to which said casing is se- 'cured;a shaft within the spindle, and over which the casing is mounted; clutch-mechanism for connecting the casing and shaft; an adjustable stop within the casing, a fixed stop within the casing, said fixed sto having a valve-chamber; a valve in sai valvechamber; connections for su plyin motivefluid to, and exhausting it fi om, t e valvechamber; and a conduit leading from the valve-chamber to a point in the casing opposite one of the clutch-elements.

21. The combination, with a casing, of a rotar spindle to which said casing is secure a shaft Within the spindle; and over oscillatory piston within the casing; means' which the casing is mounted; clutch-mechanism for connecting the casing and shaft; an adjustable sto within the casing; a fixed stop within t e casing, said fixed sto having a valve-chamber; a valve in said valve-chamber; connections for supplying motive fluid to, and exhaustin it from, the

valve-chamber; a conduit lea ing from the,

valve-chamber to a point in the casing opposite one of the'clutch elements; and a' main valve for controlling the supply of fluid to 'said'valve-chamber. w

- 22; The combination, with a casing, of a stop fixed to the inrier'side thereof, and having a cylinder; suppliv and exhaust-conduits connected with sai cylinder; a valve in said cylinder; outer and inner shafts; an

1 for supplying motive-fluid to, and exhaustmg it from. the casing; means-associatedwith said oscillatory piston for indexing thevalve for connecting the outer an inner shafts; and a conduit communicating with a part of-said casin and througlfwhich motive-fluid is supp ed for actuating; the

clutch gf 4 23. The conilnnation; with a tubular spindle, 'of ashaft; a casing rigid with said tubularspindle an oscillatory. piston within the casing; ageajred gannulus' withln the, casing; means or rotating said annulus; a

controlled b said 1 sto rigid with the annulus; a stop rigid wit the inner wall of the casing, and having a cylinder; means for supplymg motivefiuid to, and exhausting-it from,'said cylinder; a valve in the cylinder; a clutch; a

conduit leading from the cylinder, and

transmitting pressure therefrom to the clutch" to lock said tubular spindle and shaft together; and mechanism for indexing the shaft when the clutch is released.

24. The combination, with a tubular spindle having a head, of a casing secured to v said head, and having a recess in its inner wall; a shaft within the tubular spindle; a

25 The combination, with a tubular spindle, and with a shaft mounted for rotat1on in said s indle, of a casing secured'to the spindle, and having a recess in its inner Wall; a clutch for'connecting the spindle to the shaft, and. rotating .in said recess; a

complemental clutch-surface carried by the tubular spindle; means for releasing the clutch from engagement with said surface; means for indexing the shaft when the clutch is released; and 'meansfor forcing the clutch into engagement 'Qwith a complemental clutch-surface after the shaft has been indexed.

26. The combination,-with a casing, and with a rotary spindle to which said casing is secured, of an annulus, within the casing; worm teeth rigid with said annulus; a worm in engagement-with said worm-teeth; a shaft within the casing; a stop carried by the annulus -=a stop projecting from the iston mounted for shaft, said piston casing; an oscillatory movement around sai being located in the casing; an arm actuated by said piston; a detent carried by the arm; means controlled by fluid-pressure forx actuating said detent; a toothed-wheel engaged by the detent, and loose on the shaft; a gear rigid-with the toothed-wheel,

andalso loose on the shaft; a gear rigid with a the shaft; and gearing connecting the gear of theiitoothedewheel 'with the gear rigid with the shaft, 1

27. The'combinatidn, with a casing, and

I with an annulus having a ear-ring mounted therein, of a gear in mes with said gearring; a stop carried by theannulus a stop carried by the casing; a hub sleeved upon -theshaft,'and having an arm provided with a cylinder; an oscillatory piston rigid with motive-fluid to, and exhaustin it from, the

said hub; means for supplying motive-fluid casin and means controlled y fluid-presto, and exhausting it from, the cylinder in sure For actuating the clutching device.

the arm; a iston mounted in said cylinder, said piston aving a detent at one end; a in p In testimony whereof I affix my signature toothed wheel loose upon the shaft, and with Connecticut, this 13th day of March, 1906.

which the detent is adapted to engage; gearing actuated by the toothed-wheel for indexing the shaft; a device for clutching the 10 casing to the shaft; means for supplying BENGT .M. W. HANSON. Witnesses: KATHRYN T. M. OOoNNELL, SoLoN E. DAVIS.

resence of two witnesses, at Hartford, 15 

